camera shots

High angles:

 Shots make the subject of the shot seem weak and interfere

Low angles:

 Make the subject seem strong and powerful

Centre or Dutch tilt:

 Make the shots awakened and as mysterious as we do not see the world this way.

Camera height:

 Eye level is how we see the world ground level makes the shot interesting. Using lines within your composition can add drama, shots make more dynamic and lead the viewer’s eye within the shot.

Diagonal lines:

 Adds interest and energy to the shot.

Curved lines:

 Can be graceful and very easy on the eye.

Camera’s depth of field and action planes


Film and TV conventions

Subject enters the shot camera left and exits camera right this must continue. If your subject changes directions the shot and enters camera left that leaves the camera works both ways.

Edit points

Consider your edit points in your head, let your subject completely leave the frame and then completely enter again in the next shot.

Cuttings and cut ways

Shots can help with continuity and also add to the action. Cutting away from ALS of someone lighting a cigarette to a cu back to LS.


 Shallow focus is when a certain subjects are in focus and other elements are not and you have a small depth of field.

 Deep focus is when everything is in the shot; large depth of field makes everything in the frame.

Action planes:

 Foreground, middle ground and background best and most interesting shots.


Camera angles

Film and TV conventions

Subject enters the shot camera left and exits camera right this must continue. If your subject changes directions the shot and enters camera left that leaves the camera works both ways.

Edit points

Consider your edit points in your head, let your subject completely leave the frame and then completely enter again in the next shot.

Cuttings and cut ways

Shots can help with continuity and also add to the action. Cutting away from ALS of someone lighting a cigarette to a cu back to LS.